Editor's note: The American Frozen Food Institute submitted testimony on this issue to a hearing held today by the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade and the Subcommittee on Health.

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toward passage of trade dealsThe Wall Street JournalCongress prepared Wednesday to pass free trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama, showing unusual bipartisan resolve to put an end to more than four years of
heated debate about the direction of U.S. trade policy.

Opinion: Not even close — Romney crushes the fieldThe Washington PostThe Post-Bloomberg debate was the most substantive and well-behaved of the Republican presidential debates to date. The format used a single debate topic — the economy — and helped to focus the contenders and separate the
good from the bad from the ugly performances.MoreShare this article > Romney builds case for inevitabilityPOLITICOHours after Chris Christie signaled he believes Mitt Romney is the Republican party's inevitable nominee, Romney and the rest of the GOP field went about proving him right.MoreShare this article >

California firm recalls ground beef on E. coli fearsUSDA Food Safety and Inspection ServiceCommercial Meat Co., a Los Angeles-based company, is recalling approximately 377,775 pounds of ground beef products that might be contaminated with E. coli. The meat was shipped to restaurants and other
facilities in California and Nevada.

Editor's note: The American Frozen Food Institute is organizing a series of instructional food safety webinars with leading experts to examine topics and issues related to implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Act. To register, or for more information, please click here.MoreShare this article > China seeks to lower yuan as US bill advancesThe Wall Street JournalIn a defiant response to U.S. Senate approval of a bill that would pressure China to let its currency rise faster, the nation's
central bank set the guideposts for the yuan substantially lower Wednesday and warned the bill could imperil further currency reform.MoreShare this article >
Opinion: Government vs. EPAThe Wall Street JournalThe Environmental Protection Agency's political agenda hasn't gotten less reckless, but the news is the rest of the government is beginning to notice — including a majority of the states and even other regulators. And now they are pushing back. MoreShare this article > Feds seize food at Washington warehouseFood Safety NewsCiting evidence of "widespread and active rodent and insect infestation," the Food and Drug Administration had U.S. Marshals seize food products being held in the warehouse and processing plant of Dominguez Foods of Washington on
Sept. 30.MoreShare this article > USDA seeks input on preharvest beef safetyDrovers Cattle NetworkNoting that "preharvest food safety interventions can prevent foodborne illness by helping to reduce risk in the farm-to-table continuum," the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service seeks to identify best management practices for beef producers.MoreShare this article > US Foods executive to lead GFSI groupPerishable NewsU.S. Foods has announced that Jorge Hernandez, senior vice president of food safety and quality, has been named chairperson of the Transport and Distribution Working Group of the Global Food Safety Initiative.MoreShare this article > E. coli confessions: Part IIFood Safety NewsThis is the second installment in a series written by John Munsell of Miles City, Mont., who explains how the small meat plant his family owned for 59
years ran afoul of USDA's meat inspection program.MoreShare this article > FDA, FSIS set public meeting on salt reduction initiativeFood Chemical NewsThe FDA and USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service are scheduled to announce a public meeting to discuss their joint salt reduction initiative. The meeting is set for Nov. 10 at the FDA's White Oak campus in Silver Spring, Md.

MoreShare this article > Food service companies reach milestones in standardsPRWeb via Digital JournalDozens of major food service companies are seeing measurable benefits as part of the industry-driven Foodservice GS1 U.S. Standards Initiative, organizers said today. Two years into the initiative, GS1 U.S. said the industry has passed the halfway mark toward voluntary adoption of GS1 standards by 2015.
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BPA use in all food packagingFBRFrench health minister Xavier Bertrand has supported a law that would curb the use of bisphenol A in all food packaging, effective 2014. The food law also proposes the ban of the chemical in all
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Warehouse lighting can account for as much as 40% of the total electricity in a facility. Now there is something you can do to slash your carbon footprint and control those costs. The Digital Lumens award-winning Intelligent Lighting System combines LED fixtures with intelligence – integrated controls, sensors, networking and reporting – to reduce lighting energy use by up to 90%. MORE

PepsiCo profit rises 4 percent on snacks sales in Latin AmericaBloomberg via The Washington PostPepsiCo Inc., the world's largest snack food maker, reported a 4.1 percent rise in third-quarter profit, helped by price increases and sales of snacks in Latin America.MoreShare this article > General Mills marks strong year of health
improvementsFood Ingredients FirstGeneral Mills today announced it improved the health profile of products comprising approximately 25 percent of its U.S. retail sales volume during this fiscal year.MoreShare this article > Bay Grove buys Richmond Cold StorageRefrigerated & Frozen FoodsBay Grove Capital LLC, of San Francisco, said it has acquired Richmond Cold Storage Company LLC, which operates a network of
third-party, temperature-controlled and dry warehouses.MoreShare this article > Cargill gains patent approval for glucosamine productionFood Ingredients FirstThe United States Patent and Trademark office issued a patent to Cargill yesterday, titled "Glucosamine and Method of Making Glucosamine from Microbial Biomass." It represents the latest improvements to Cargill's unique non-shellfish glucosamine production processes.MoreShare this article > Dole Food acquires SunnyRidge FarmFBRDole Food Company, a U.S.-based producer and marketer of fruit and fresh vegetables, has acquired all of the capital stock of the parent of SunnyRidge Farm, which sources and sells blueberries, blackberries, strawberries and raspberries.MoreShare this article > New business structure for Hormel FoodsThe Meat SiteHormel Foods has announced a new business structure that will result in grocery products and consumer products sales reporting to Steven G.
Binder.MoreShare this article > Nestle recalls mispackaged Lean Cuisine® productsFood and Drug AdministrationNestle Prepared Foods Company is initiating a voluntary recall of a limited quantity of Lean Cuisine® Dinnertime Selects™ Chicken Fettuccini after discovering a small quantity — fewer than 200 — contain lemon garlic shrimp instead of the fettuccine meal. MoreShare this article > Spartan brand hits shelves with front-of-package
labelingPackaging DigestSpartan Stores' Spartan brand packaging now will include front-of-packaging nutrition icons — making the company one of the first retailers in the nation to do so. The new labels support the voluntary
Facts Up Front nutrition labeling system.MoreShare this article > Shoppers: Food quality is kingFood ManufactureShoppers overwhelmingly rejected the re-engineering of foods to keep prices down as the cost of ingredients rises, according to the results of a survey by grocery think tank IGD.MoreShare this article > Researchers: Cure in sight for peanut allergyFood & Drink
DigitalResearchers at Chicago's Northwestern University might have come closer to finding a cure for peanut allergies by creating an immune system that doesn't see peanut proteins as a threat.MoreShare this article >

United States Cold StorageUSCS and its several predecessor companies have been providing refrigerated storage services to the food industry since 1889. Today USCS is a leading national public refrigerated
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